Day: April 17, 2026

SELC Represents Plaintiffs in Environmental Lawsuits Against Trump EPA, Musk’s xAI Filed Same Week

Tom Pappert
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The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is representing plaintiffs suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging it has failed to implement federal air quality standards adopted during the Biden administration.

This represents the SELC’s second case this week in which the law center is representing plaintiffs in a lawsuit. The SELC is also representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in its lawsuit against xAI in Mississippi.

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Leader of Muslim Group Pushing Nashville Public Schools for Inclusion Is Related to Islamic Center Leader Who Speaks to Students

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Sabina Mohyuddin

John Overton High School and Valor Collegiate Prep in Nashville both confirmed a series of accommodations for Muslim students following a letter sent to Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) last year.

News of the accommodations for Muslim students at both schools first emerged through profiles by The Nashville Banner, which first reported that a “special bell” alerts Muslims attending Valor Collegiate Prep to leave class to pray in November 2025. In that profile, The Banner referenced a September 2025 report released by AMAC, which apparently warned students may experience increased Islamophobia following the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas in Israel.

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President Trump Says Iran Has ‘Agreed to Everything’

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President Donald Trump reportedly signaled Friday that the end of the United States’ conflict with Iran could be coming soon, stating that the Iranians have “agreed to everything,” including getting rid of its enriched uranium. 

The announcement marks a significant step in peace negotiations in the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel have been engaged in a military conflict with Iran since February.

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EJ Haust Praises Clarence Thomas Anti-Progressivism Remarks, Calls for Return to Founding Ideals

Kaitlin Housler

EJ Haust, guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ remarks on Wednesday, where he warned that progressivism threatens America’s founding principles, serve as an important reminder of the nation’s philosophical roots and the stakes of modern political debates.

In a speech marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the University of Texas at Austin this week, Thomas warned that modern progressivism threatens the nation’s founding principles and urged young Americans to defend the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

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White House Investigating Disappearances, Deaths of U.S. Scientists with Access to Classified Information

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Breitbart   The White House is investigating the reported deaths and disappearances of multiple U.S. scientists and government employees who had access to classified nuclear and space information. When asked about the issue and if the cases were connected, President Donald Trump said Thursday, “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half. I just left a meeting on that subject. Pretty serious stuff,” Live Now Fox reported. One of the cases was 68-year-old retired Air Force Maj. General William “Neil” McCasland, who vanished in February from his family home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to Fox News. READ THE FULL STORY   

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Fed Governor Waller Says Iran War and Labor Market Risks Are Keeping Central Bank on Hold

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CNBC   Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Friday said current economic conditions are complicating the approach to interest rates, with policymakers facing a potentially long-lasting inflation shock and a labor market with no job growth that nonetheless appears stable. Against that backdrop, Waller said the Fed could have to stay on hold for a prolonged period until the economic direction becomes clearer. “High inflation and a weak labor market would be very complicated for a policymaker,” the central banker said for a speech in Alabama. “If I face this situation, I’ll have to balance the risks to the two sides of the Fed’s dual mandate to determine the appropriate path of policy, and that may mean maintaining the policy rate at the current target range if the risks to inflation outweigh those to the labor market.” READ THE FULL STORY   

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Traders Place $760 Million Bet on Falling Oil Ahead of Hormuz Announcement

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Reuters   Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran’s foreign minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open, another sizeable wager on the world’s most traded commodity ahead of major announcements in the course of the Middle East war. Large, well‑timed trades in recent months have drawn concern from U.S. lawmakers and legal experts that decisions around war and diplomacy can give some traders an edge in volatile and opaque derivatives markets. Between 1224 GMT and 1225 GMT investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, according to LSEG data. READ THE FULL STORY 

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Commission Advances Trump’s Legacy Arch For Nation’s Capital

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The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted Thursday to advance a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch set to cement President Donald Trump’s legacy in the nation’s capital.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum formally introduced the United States Triumphal Arch project before the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and a packed hearing room. The Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, would oversee the arch’s construction and maintenance. Aimed for a July 2028 completion, the reportedly $15 million project would celebrate, according to Burgum, “American freedom, American unity, American strength and the American dream.”

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Judiciary Chair Confirms House Moving to Expunge Trump Impeachment over Ukraine Phone Call

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, has disclosed to Just The News that the House of Representatives, where President Donald Trump was impeached during his first term over a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is moving to expunge that impeachment from the congressional record. 

“You need a majority vote, we need a bill, and it’s actually something we’re looking at,” Jordan told Just The News.

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Iran Declares Strait of Hormuz ‘Completely Open’ Following Ceasefire in Lebanon

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Strait of Hormuz

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared Friday the Strait of Hormuz “completely open after the implementation of a U.S.-mediated ceasefire that paused Israeli operations in Lebanon.

“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran,” Araghchi posted to X. 

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Commentary: What AI Doesn’t Know, Matters

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Dueling AI

Artificial intelligence has taken the wired world by storm, but the backlash came almost as fast. Progressives complain of job losses, environmentalists question the ecological impacts of huge data centers, and local activists are clamoring for assurances that household utility bills won’t skyrocket because of the centers’ voracious electricity requirements. Others simply worry that the technology will overwhelm humans’ ability to control it.

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